Higher taxes creating feeling of hopelessness

In Warren County property taxes are going up 11-13 percent. My daughter lives there. Homes in Warren County are big Victorian-style homes and have been converted into studio apartments. The government picks up utilities, cable TV, heat etc. Rent is $500 a month. Many people are on rental assistance also. People are being forced into foreclosure because the property taxes are now more than $15,000 a year.

My daughter's brother-in-law owns a small Cape Cod in Allentown next to Trenton. The area also has big property tax increases. Her mother-in-law's 700-square-foot one bedroom is more than $4,000 in property taxes. The American dream of home ownership is becoming just that - a dream. In Sussex County, 9,500 homes are in foreclosure. Last year and this year there were big increases in Sussex County.

With Obamacare an additional $300 to $1,000 a month will have to come out of our already overtaxed paycheck. More and more will be homeless.

Will Kuzma

OGDENSBURG

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Higher taxes creating feeling of hopelessness

In Warren County property taxes are going up 11-13 percent. My daughter lives there. Homes in Warren County are big Victorian-style homes and have been converted into studio apartments. The

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